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I believe a story can potentially carry the entire sale for your product, even if everything else is technically “wrong” in your ads (no clear call to action, lame bullets, weak offer, etc).

Take the 1986 box office hit “Top Gun”, for example.

Top Gun is about a couple of hotshot Naval pilots given a chance to train with the “best of the best” pilots in the world at the “Top Gun” fighter pilot school. And it was, in many ways, an extremely profitable sales letter.

This one is simple — you just “walk” people (step-by-step) through a painful problem you went through and how you achieved the result your readers are looking for.

For example:

If you sell an eBook on how to get rid of painful urinary tract infections, you would tell the story about all the pain your urinary tract infection caused you — including what it was like, how nothing gave you relief, and the embarrassment, humiliation and other physical (and psychological/emotional) horrors you endured.

Then, you segue into how you figured out a way to get rid of that infection and how you wrote your solution down in a short, easy-to-read eBook …

This kind of story is extremely persuasive, contains nothing even remotely resembling “hype,” and can persuade people to buy things they otherwise might ignore.

Here’s a real life example:

Once upon a time, I had to write an ad selling a grappling DVD course to adult men who hate the thought of having to sweat or roll around in a dirty dojo, etc. (They wanted the instant-tough-guy “push button ninja” solution to self defense.)

So I had to make grappling sound sexy and cool.

What did I do?

Nothing earth shattering — just some simple research online (maybe 30 minutes, nothing big) and found how certain people used grappling and wrestling in ancient Roman coliseums to fight lions … barehanded. I also read how ancient Samurai used to terrorize westerners in battle with their “bizarre” way of fighting … in other words, grappling.

This one is related to the personal story, but it’s got more “pop” due the built-in credibility it gives you.

With this format, you tell a story about how you met/talked with a guru who showed you how to solve the problem your product is about. It can be as simple as some time you spent with them on the phone … to something as dramatic as traveling up a forbidden mountain in Tibet to learn at their feet (assuming that’s true — telling a story never gives you a license to lie).

That expert then passed his/her wisdom on to you, and now you are passing that on to your customers.

And they lived happily ever after …

And that’s all there is to it, three persuasive storytelling formats — proven to work.

Never underestimate the power of stories.

They are the chief means by which humans have communicated for thousands of years, and we’re all “hard wired” to be persuaded by them.

Use them in your marketing and soon you’ll be telling stories about all the money you’re making … https://goo.gl/cXcXGB

What Will I Learn?

Create a powerful story that resonates with your prospects that persuades them to buy.

Build a credible brand based on a story that prospects can relate to and remember.

Learn the elements of a story that sticks and gives you instantly loyalty to you and your products.

Go through the six elements of a powerful selling story that sticks every single time.

Requirements

You must know your personal brand story.

You must have a word processing software to write your story.

Description

Why do kids love stories?

Well, the reason is that the mind tends to “think in stories”.

When you tell a story, the person listening opens up, their defences come down, and they begin picturing what you’re telling them.

Now what do stories have to do with selling and marketing?

A story is an excellent way to build credibility and trust with your prospects. It's a way to connect with them and relate to their problems, frustrations and underlying emotions.

When you tell a story that has elements your prospects to relate to, it immediately persuades them to take action and buy what you're selling. As opposed to pure information without stories tends to “roll off” and not stick.

Introducing...Story Selling

The Story Selling course is a simple framework for creating stories that persuade, trigger action and causes customers to buy your products and services. By the end of the course you’ll be able to use stories in your copy and marketing to trigger more sales and connect with your prospects on an emotional level.

In this short course we'll cover:

How to turn your own story and experiences into the biggest asset you have when marketing your products.

The exact framework which you simply have to fill out to and tweak to use in all your marketing.

Who is this course for?

Learn what it requires to write words to sell your products & services, and how to actually get your products & services to “sell themselves.”

You have a quality product you’re proud of. I only work with people who know that providing value is the only way to be successful.

You have a product or service and you want to promote it online — through your website, email, blog posts, sales pages, or social media.

You’re ready to take your business to the next level... and put your scaled-up profits on autopilot.

Great stories lets you move past mere transactions and connect way, way more deeply. When you connect your audience will buy from you over and over again.

Who is the target audience?

Learn what it requires to write words to sell your products & services, and how to actually get your products & services to “sell themselves.”

You have a quality product you’re proud of. I only work with people who know that providing value is the only way to be successful.

You have a product or service and you want to promote it online — through your website, email, blog posts, sales pages, or social media.

You’re ready to take your business to the next level... and put your scaled-up profits on autopilot.